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"Specific craft techniques are what I consider to be the small building blocks of different aspects of good writing, such as description, voice, sentence fluency. Teaching specific craft, whether it is through the whole class lessons or conferences, shows students one particular way to write at a time."

The table below outlines and defines the specific crafts you will practice using and teaching in this course. To see more specific examples of each of these crafts, review the craft in Crafting Writers K-6.

Craft
 Description
 Examples
Sense of Smell
Table 4.2
Sense of Sound
Table 4.1
Sense of Taste
Table 4.3
Sense of Touch
Table 4.4
Colors
Table 4.5
Comparing
Table 4.6
Specific Versus General
Table 4.7
Describing the Background
Table 4.8
Feelings
Table 4.9
Thoughts and Feelings
Table 4.10
Thoughts
Table 4.11
Showing After Telling
Table 4.12
Words Next to Dialogue
Table 4.13
Dialogue Structures
Table 4.14
Sentence Length and
Sentence Beginnings
Table 4.15
Combinations with As
Table 4.16
Variations of Common Verbs
Pages 58-59


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